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Olasky’s Books For September: Anger, Courage, Dignity And Enlightenment

(ANALYSIS) Elizabeth Neumann’s “Kingdom of Rage” shows, as its subtitle states, “The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace.” She said the development of in-groups is natural, but “the problem arises when a group begins constructing narratives about an out-group’s … beliefs, traits and practices, relying on information that may be unreliable, exaggerated or based solely on an in-group member’s negative experience with the out-group.”

Analysis, Books, ReligionMarvin OlaskySeptember 3, 2024Marvin Olasky, books, Labor Day, anger, courage, dignity, enlightenment, religionComment

How the Black Death built the modern West

(OPINION) Coronavirus is not the world’s first pandemic. The Black Death in the 14th century brought sweeping changes in Europe: the loss of people to the plague gutted the Church of its most faithful clergy, allowed survivors in lower classes to fill higher social positions and even encouraged innovation to replace the lost human labor with machines, including the printing press that made possible the Protestant Reformation.

Opinion, EuropeDr. Robert CarleApril 9, 2020Robert Carle, Black Death, plagues, renaissance, reformation, enlightenment, industrial revolution, coronavirus, covid-19, Primary Feature, Dr. Robert Carle, Christianity, Pope Clement Comments

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